Empowered Sleep Apnea

01/03/2026

CARTOON BREAK!!

This one’s about attention.

Not willpower.
Not discipline.
Not “doing better.”

Just noticing how many voices compete for our nervous system every day—and remembering that sometimes the most therapeutic act isn’t adding something new, but turning something off.

The phone isn’t the villain here.
It’s just very powerful.

Silence, it turns out, still works 😇

Happy Friday, Life-Fans! Click the link to experience Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST

https://www.empoweredsleepapnea.com/episodes

12/23/2025

CARTOON BREAK!!

As always, we're over-the-moon to see our pal Claudio gracing the pages of the mighty SLEEP REVIEW magazine this month 💙 ...for a punchy little romp Dave's calling "A Simple Question: Part 3"...
..turns out that how we talk about the Beast called "Sleep Apnea" sometimes makes all the difference!...If ... what's in YOUR lexicon??? 🥰 💙 💯
..thanks, as always, to editor Sree Roy for giving Claudio a place to play 🙂 🙂 🙂

Click the link to go to the online magazine and flip to page 26!

https://digitaledition.sleepreviewmag.com/sleeprev/diged/20251112/index.html?_gl=1*1rahhqr*_ga*OTI5MDgyMzE5LjE3NjA0NTUzNDk.*_ga_QE6D61YLZG*czE3NjY1MDA4MTkkbzMkZzAkdDE3NjY1MDA4MTkkajYwJGwwJGgw

11/17/2025

HEY LIFE FANS!! It's time we talked about MELATONIN and HEART FAILURE!

WHAAAAAA??? If the latest news about MELATONIN took you by surprise, you're not alone! Is it time to panic? Or is it time for EMPOWERMENT?

Take a gander at Dave's snappy new essay entitled: THE FEAR OF SLEEPING PILLS PART II: Melatonin, Heart Failure, and the Subtle Art of Not Panicking...see what you think!

click the link to read:

That’s the trouble with self-selection: the groups are different from the beginning…so proving they’re different at the end really shouldn’t come as a huge surprise.

11/13/2025

Throwback Thursday—Nov 17 2024—THIS JUST IN!….

for reasons that are AS YET UNEXPLAINED….

…the cliffhanger 12th episode of our super RAD PODCAST—you know??…💙🚀🤠

….the one released almost a year ago, a month before the Rebis project launched… the SPECIAL POP SONG episode entitled “…AND YOU KNOW?….” the one co-created by me and my PULMONAUT musical sister Lauren Gueits (founder of Airway Health Solutions ) ??? …🎶🎶🐦‍⬛

…WELL THAT ONE…. is OUT OF NOWHERE picking up UNPRECEDENTED DOWLOADS all over the world (hello, Copenhagen!!)…weirdest thing!….it’s on its way to being our single most downloaded episode of all time!! Whaaaaaa???
🤣🚀☝️

…perhaps the time is NOW for an episode about IDEA CHANGE?….about how we manage COMPLEXITY?….about how collaboration can happen?….⚡️🌞🤠

Check it out for yourself and see! It’s a short one!

Happy Thursday, Life-Fans! 💙💙💙💙💙

https://www.empoweredsleepapnea.com/episodes/season-2-stories-from-the-field-episode-12-and-you-know-special-pop-song-edition

Right… everyone sings! Join Dave and special guest Airway Health Solutions ’ Lauren Gueits for a playful musical romp into POP MUSIC to explore that wonderful moment in one’s intellectual journey when the silo crumbles…

11/04/2025

What can a trip to Disneyland in the summer of 1976 possibly tell us about the Future of Sleep Medicine? What does this have to do with SKIING? Find out for yourself in part 2 of Dave's 3-part series "WHAT WOULD WALT DISNEY DO?" -- it's guaranteed to raise a smile, and--WHAAAAAAA??--maybe it'll start a cool conversation or two. 🤗

See for yourself what you think!

My final take? Walt Disney wouldn’t suffer this crap for a heartbeat. Walt Disney would shut the place down for a complete overhaul, from the ground up. Walt Disney’s park, as we’ve heard, would be clean.

10/27/2025

Dave’s latest cartoon turned out to be so big (*HOW BIG WAS IT??*) 🤗 --it was SO BIG, he had to make it into a POSTER, and the essay that goes along with it had to be split into THREE PARTS! Whaaaaaaaaaaaa???

Read the first of THREE ENCOUNTERS in a series entitled: What Would Walt Disney Do?

PART 1: THE FRAGMENTIEST PLACE ON EARTH is now LIVE...check it out...and find out why a cartoon just might save us all!! 🤩

Launched from Rebis’ shores, our Blue Balloon has taken us to terrain that smells like popcorn and broken dreams, and the carnival music is sometimes drowned out by crying…

10/22/2025

Can a feller fall in love with a NUMBER?? What the heck does that even mean? Check out Dave's snappy new essay, and see if you share his puppy love admiration for the most fascinating of integers...and find out why this strange love affair might just transform medicine as we know it!

The secret, I’ve learned, is not to resist your motion but to dance with it. To let curiosity mature into coherence. To let exploration spiral back into embodiment. That’s the discipline of Five: to remain curious and connected. To wander without getting lost.

10/20/2025

Hey clinicians! Understanding our patient's NARRATIVE isn't about singing Kum-Bah-Yah with rose-colored glasses...it's about refining our focus so we can more effectively align with our patients on THEIR terms...take a gander at Dr. Steve Carstensen's latest piece in Dental Sleep Practice magazine and find out not just why HEALTHCARE IS A LISTENING EXERCISE, but to explore what we should be talking *ABOUT* when it comes to Sleep Apnea (hint hint--There are FIVE REASONS TO TREAT...) :) :) :)

Oh--and hey! Dentists!!! this one's good for CE credit!!

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09/12/2025

Variety Exclusive

SleeStak Vandalism Fails to Slow Chaka: Pakuni Star Courted by Hollywood for ‘A Star Is Born’ Sequel

By: [Variety Staff]

LOS ANGELES — Not even a string of high-profile vandalism incidents could dim the spotlight on Chaka Manczewitz, the Pakuni breakout who has unexpectedly become Hollywood’s hottest new property.

Insiders confirm that a sequel to A Star Is Born is quietly in development, this time with a radical twist: Lady Gaga’s character, weary of her fame, forges a complicated, possibly platonic friendship with Chaka — who plays himself as an alienated “earth-man” navigating a game larger than himself.

The project is said to be exploring “the line between interspecies empathy and romance.” One studio insider whispered: “The tension is the point. Is it really platonic? Or is it something else entirely? That’s the story people want to see.”

Though Gaga has not officially signed on, she has not been ruled out. Other names on the shortlist for the leading lady role include Lindsay Lohan, Morgan Fairchild, and, in a curveball move, Morgan Freeman.

Behind the camera, Hollywood royalty are circling: Steven Spielberg and Rob Zombie are both attached as executive producers, while Tina Fey and Wim Wenders have expressed early interest in directing.

The pitch is generating buzz across the industry. “Chaka is a blank canvas, a primal everyman,” one producer told Variety. “He’s like Brando with fur. The camera loves him, crooked teeth and all.”

Despite the recent wave of SleeStak attacks on Chaka’s airway-health campaign — including the defacement of billboards and the torching of a cyber-truck — executives insist the controversies only fuel his mystique.

“The vandalism is real,” one studio exec admitted. “But it’s also free publicity. Hollywood runs on buzz, and right now, Chaka is the loudest name in town.”

Production timelines are still unclear, but insiders say the film could be fast-tracked for a 2027 release, aligning with the 50th anniversary of Land of the Lost.

As for Chaka himself? He addressed the rumors at a press scrum outside Old Altrusia: “Chaka… happy. Chaka ready. Mouth breathing bad. Hollywood good.”

09/12/2025

Reuters News Release

Filed from Old Altrusia Bureau

SleeStaks Accused of Systematic Vandalism Against Chaka’s Public Awareness Campaign

OLD ALTRUSIA, Land of the Lost (Reuters) — Authorities in Old Altrusia are investigating what they describe as a “pattern of organized sabotage” after multiple public health installations tied to Pakuni spokesperson Chaka Manczewitz were defaced or destroyed in recent days.

Witnesses report that groups of masked SleeStaks have been targeting Chaka-branded posters, billboards, and vehicles linked to his “Fix Before Six” airway health initiative.
• In one incident, dozens of Chaka’s brightly colored propaganda posters were torn down from the stone walls of the Lost City and dumped into the StinkPits of Ra, a move described by officials as “both deliberate and contemptuous.”
• A specially wrapped cyber-truck emblazoned with the campaign’s slogans was spray-painted with Sleestak symbols and later set on fire, leaving only a charred chassis near the Pylon causeway.
• Most brazenly, the brand-new billboard featuring Chaka’s smiling endorsement of early dental airway screening was riddled with Sleestak poison darts — traditionally used for hunting — and smeared with black tar, obscuring the message.

“This is not random mischief,” said Old Altrusia constable Marn Tlepp. “We are looking at a coordinated effort to silence Chaka’s campaign, which has become an undeniable force in public health education across the Land of the Lost.”

Chaka himself, appearing at a hastily arranged press conference, expressed both sorrow and resolve. Speaking through a translator, he said: “Chaka sad. Chaka mad. But Chaka strong. Mouth-breathing still bad. We fight on.”

Analysts suggest the vandalism may reflect SleeStak resistance to public health messaging, or perhaps longstanding cultural tensions between Pakuni tribes and SleeStak enclaves. Officials, however, have not ruled out the possibility of an “agent provocateur” element seeking to escalate conflict for political gain.

The Altrusia Center for Craniofacial Futures confirmed the campaign will continue despite the setbacks. Replacement posters are already being printed, and crews were seen this morning re-painting the billboard.

“Health is too important to be silenced by darts and tar,” the Center said in a statement.

09/11/2025

This year, the AASM published an updated CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE for the treatment of central sleep apnea! And...*boy-oh-boy!*.... Do we need to talk!! 😁☀

Wanna know what we're palavering about? 🙃😁Good! :) take a gander at Dave's snappy new cartoon-essay (cartessay!!) and find out!

…by naming the WHY, the WHAT (measurable goals), and the HOW (central apnea physiology, rather than label-based, DEVICE-oriented care), clinicians can move beyond cultural “DEVICE- DEFICIENCY” reflexes and into true patient-centered care…

09/08/2025

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT...FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHAKA SEZ: DENTISTS CAN SPOT AIRWAY PROBLEMS BEFORE AGE 6!

Straight from the Lost City to your dental chair, beloved Pakuni icon Chaka is here with an urgent message: “WE CAN DO IT!” — and by we, he means dentists, parents, and kids working together to protect healthy airways.

Every child deserves the chance to grow, sleep, and breathe their best. But many airway problems start early — sometimes before a child even reaches kindergarten. Crooked teeth, snoring, mouth-breathing, and sleep struggles can all be warning signs of underlying airway issues. Left unchecked, these problems may affect not only oral health, but also sleep, growth, and long-term wellness.

That’s why dentists across the country are stepping up to be the first line of defense. By spotting the signs of airway obstruction before age six, dental professionals can help guide families toward the right evaluations and interventions — before small problems become big ones.

“Chaka knows the struggle of mouth-breathing all too well,” said a campaign spokesperson. “But you don’t have to. With early attention, kids today can grow up healthier, stronger, and with big smiles — the kind that come from good sleep and clear breathing.”

Key Messages:
Early Detection Saves Health
Dentists See More Than Teeth
Airways Matter — Before Six!